McCain's birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out (NY Slimes)

International Tribune ^ | 28 Feb 08 | Carl Hulse Published

[org.whodat]

What makes this even worse is that the new york times is now basically saying that any child born to a service member overseas is not a natural born citizen.

I thought this was common knowledge, are it was when I went to school. The people who wrote the constitution did not believe in having military spread across the world. Don't bitch at me, you need to take it up with them.

[toddlintown]

An absolute non-issue. Waste of trees; bigger waste of bandwidth.

[Waco]

You too, can be lied to and dumbed down for only $2.00 a copy. WAIT! THERE”S MORE!

[LibLieSlayer]

Yes... osamabama airhead islamo-marxist trash propagated this asinine charge!

LLS

[gjones77]

Not having a military spread across the world could makes matters at home very difficult.

I’m not sure who taught you how to fight wars and win battles, but from what I was taught, you always take the fight to your enemy to stop them from taking it to you on your home soil, you keep your citizens safe that way.

I guess your view is more along the lines of waiting till they’re coming on the shores before you engage them.

[org.whodat]

The big question I have about this is:

In this case many people say that the us code is the controlling authority, in short an act of congress modified the constitution.

Now we have the same people that claim they cannot pass a law that would take away the anchor baby BS without a constitutional amendment????

Thoughts!

[LibLieSlayer]

No way.

LLS

[org.whodat]

You have a comperhenson problem, I told you what the people who wrote the constitution thought from facts as we know them from history. I said nothing about anything else!

[Williams]

It will get worse. They aren’t going to stop.

[LibLieSlayer]

There is still a hole in the ground in New York that represents waiting until something happens. Many Americans are too darned stupid for the Freedom GOD granted to them!

LLS

[Philly Nomad]

Did you even read the article?

It brings up the question, and pretty much says it’s a moot point, McCain and other Military Children born outside the US would still be considered Natural Born because they weren’t citizens of the host country.

I swear to God the NYTimes is doing all this stuff to help McCain shore up his conservative base.

Good old freerepublic:
Before: McCain is a Liberal!!! The NYTIMES endorsed him!!!!!
Now: The NYSLIMES is attacking conservative McCain!!!

[Fundamentally Fair]

Born on US soil to US parents in the US military...this is ridiculous.

I think so, but this was on FR a few weeks ago. As I read, several Freepers were defending the position that McCain isn't a natural born citizen.

I'm not an immigration lawyer...I don't even play one on TV.

[SFC MAC]

You beat me to it...

The NYT either isn’t smart enough to figure that out, or they’re just throwing another turd in the punchbowl.

[Joe Boucher]

If that is what it takes to get McLames sorry amnesty ass off the ticket I’m all for it.

[engrpat]

Using the logic of the NYT’s my father wasn’t a US citizen as he was born in Arizona in 1907 five years before it became a state. It would have come as a big surprise to him.

[Vigilanteman]

[Vigilanteman]

[ASA Vet]

Thanks for posting that. Now I won’t have to post it once again. This silliness is coming up about every two weeks now.

[Pravious]

Yeah. I sure hope SOMETHING comes up to knock McCain out of the running before the convention... but this is a silly, foolish idea to float, even for the zombie-brained LIBS.

[DManA]

As we aren’t covered by a constitution, but a “living document” that means whatever liberals say it means, maybe republican candidates have to have been born on Mars.